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Heat rally from 21 down in third to blow out reeling Rockets

Hassan Whiteside was all smiles after putting up 25 points and 15 rebounds.

MIAMI -- Udonis Haslem didn't play a single second for the Miami Heat on Sunday night.

Instead, he dominated halftime.

Haslem's fiery speech -- replete with some profanity from the tri-captain and a couple bottles getting angrily spiked into the red locker room carpeting for emphasis -- led to a Miami turnaround, the Heat outscoring Houston by 41 points in the final 23 minutes and rolling past the Houston Rockets 109-89.

"Absolutely awesome," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said about the speech.